38o Walking by Faith, not by Sight, S E x M. bring to our prefent frate of being, which XV. otherwife it could not be capable of; but, I t--""4 fay, abftradi.ng from the higheft ufes of reafon and morality, which make the moft important difference between man and the reft of the animal kinds, there are other powers in the human nature which fet our condition far above all the brutal fpecies. Men have large comprehenfive imaginations, which afford them a volt variety of agree- able entertainment ; a fenfe of natural beauty in the contemplation of objeäs v '..:? conti- nually occur to them, and whence tlev learn to diverfify the pleafures of life by produ& ons of their own art in imitation of nature : An ability of communicating their fentiments, and thereby mutual aid and comfort to one another by fpeech ; a fenfe and a defire of honour and approbation from each other, which, not to mention any relation it bath to virtue, the higheft perfedion and im- provement of human nature, and the greateft .ornament of human life, yieldeth a delight to the mind, far fuperior to any we have by external fenfes, and produceth effedts very ad- vantageous to fociety. In thefe refpedfs the life of man hash a great pre- eminence above the beafts ; . it is rendered much more ele- gant as well as happy á and its fphere both z of
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